Colour, shapes and movement

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noun

1. the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

2. one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow, sometimes including (loosely) black and white.

3. the use of all colours, not only black and white, in photography or television.

4. rosiness or redness of the face as an indication of health or of embarrassment, anger, etc..

5. a substance used to give something a particular colour.

verb

1. change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.

2. take on a different colour.

3. fill (a shape or outline) with colour.

4. make vivid or picturesque.

5. (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.

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In today's class, we were asked to bring in 2xA1 that we had painted in a single flat colour. I chose an object at home that I wanted to copy the colour of. I have a candle holder that has a moss green colour that I like so I decided to copy that colour for my sheets.

In class, we put all of the colours on the floor divided into shades.

Then we experimented with the different colour combinations. It was interesting to see how different everyone was putting together colour.

After that, we were asked to cut the A1 paper into 3 pieces to start to look at colour in relation to the room and movement in smaller groups. My group looked at the movement a student makes in the room. Starting at the workspace we wanted vibrant creative colours. Moving towards the food area we wanted more natural colours for the footsteps towards the next destination. Arriving at the food area to make a coffee or something we wanted darker colours that match the surroundings and green to represent nature. The green also reflects the green colours we saw close to the kitchen area. Moving on to the sofa to relax we wanted colours that reminded us of relaxation like blue. Then for the final part, we chose yellow to represent the light in the room.

Moving on to the next task we were working with the verticality of the room, working from the floor to the ceiling. Keeping the theme of how a person is working. The neutral colours represent a person and the colourful part above the person represent the thought process. We added some paper that we wrinkled or shaped, to give it more of a 3D feeling and to show that thoughts and creativity are not a flat process.

In the third task, we looked at the movement through the room again but in a different way. The idea was to create a dance decided by the different-sized coloured paper. It makes you think about the usage of the space differently. How to use the chair, wall or table differently.

The final challenge we got was to make an as big impact as possible with the smallest thing possible. If you look at all the pictures you see that the E is underlined with a yellow line. We think the E is one of the most used letters and wanted to show that.